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John Cooper vs Ed Miliband

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway
vs
Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Ed Miliband voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 130 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 127 different votes 130 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 382 of 649
Participation
55.0 %
18 % below average
Rank 604 of 649
409
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,294
2,354 eligible divisions
170
41.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
717
55.4 % of votes cast
239
58.4 % of votes cast
No votes
577
44.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

92
+16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
112
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Contributions
517
+383.7 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
127 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Tax
92 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
58 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API